The suggested tools below assume that you have compiled and planned your presentation beforehand.
If you do not have one, you’ll need to create a user account on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/create_account although Google accounts work as well).
You’ll then need to join the YouTube group for your class: http://www.youtube.com/group/persuasions2010
To upload a previously produced video, merely click on the Yellow “Upload a Video” button, and have at it.
You can edit a video directly on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/editor. This will allow you to trim and edit together clips; to do minimal transitions; and to insert an audio file from the YouTube audio library (which will completely wipe out the audio in your video).
Here’s a more detailed tutorial.
YouTube will process videos in the following formats: .WMV, .3GP, .AVI, .MOV, .MP4, .MPEG, .FLV, .MKV.
Pros:
- Easiest interface
- Editing right in the browser
- Smoothest embed process
- Most stable
Cons
- Fewer editing options than JayCut
- No custom audio overlay
To embed a video, simply paste the url into your blog post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1Je1JcFNE
Free, hosted movie editing software.
- Upload video, audio
- Mix using mixing board
- add transitions, titles, play with audio levels
- When finished, click “Publish Mix”
- “On the Web”
- Export to YouTube
- Submit video to class channel
Here’s a more detailed tutorial.
And here’s my daughter dancing to Rakim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZStTsjbmEYk
Xtranormal is a free text to movie animator that, for a small fee ($5), will allow you to embed and customize a movie.
Pros:
- Total control
Cons
- Total control
Embed code will come from completed movie page.
What’s above are just a few of the many amazing tools out there. For more, see Alan Levine’s The Fifty+ Tools. The trick is to pick something easy to use, and embeddable.q